Indiana sports betting handle decreases in December
The handle was $544.4m, down 3.4 per cent year-over-year.
US.- The Indiana Gaming Commission has released sports betting figures for December. The handle was $544.4m, down 3.4 per cent year-over-year. Taxable adjusted gross revenue (AGR) totalled $65m.
Ameristar Casino led the market with a $199.2m handle and $23.4m in AGR, followed by Blue Ship Casino with a $153.2m handle and $23.2m in AGR. Hollywood Lawrenceburg posted a $50.9m handle and 44.8m in AGR, while Belterra Casino generated $46.8m in handle and $4.3m in AGR. Total tax for the month was $6.2m.
According to the commission’s report, parlays generated $181.4m in bets, followed by basketball with $145.8m and football with $142.7m. Baseball wagers totalled $107,186.
Recently, the Indiana House Public Policy Committee voted 9-3 to advance House Bill 1078 to the full House for consideration. The proposal would authorise the Hoosier Lottery to sell tickets online and offer digital instant games. Online lottery sales would probably not start until the summer of 2027.
Last year, the committee endorsed a bill for both online lottery and casino games, but it didn’t reach the full House for a vote.
Meanwhile, Indiana lawmakers introduced a bill that would define online sweepstakes casinos as a form of illegal gambling. Co-sponsors Rep. Ethan Manning, Rep. Peggy Mayfield, and Rep. Justin Moed’s House Bill 1052 has been assigned to the House Committee on Public Policy.
